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Hilton's Outset Collection Goes Bookable as Brand Count Hits 25

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Hilton's Outset Collection Goes Bookable as Brand Count Hits 25

Dutch Bros' Food Pilot Is Working: 5.7% Comps and 175 New Stores in 2026

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Dutch Bros' Food Pilot Is Working: 5.7% Comps and 175 New Stores in 2026

Toast Crosses $2B ARR — And Tells Wall Street Toast IQ Is the Next Engine

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Toast Crosses $2B ARR — And Tells Wall Street Toast IQ Is the Next Engine

Marriott Beats on Bonvoy and International — But U.S. RevPAR Quietly Dipped

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Marriott Beats on Bonvoy and International — But U.S. RevPAR Quietly Dipped

CAVA's First Misstep: 1.9% Comps, an EPS Miss, and a 54% YTD Slide

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CAVA's First Misstep: 1.9% Comps, an EPS Miss, and a 54% YTD Slide

Wingstop's Smart Kitchen Bet Lands as Comps Crater 5.6%

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Wingstop's Smart Kitchen Bet Lands as Comps Crater 5.6%

Yum's Strategic Review of Pizza Hut: A Sale, Not a Refresh

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Yum's Strategic Review of Pizza Hut: A Sale, Not a Refresh

McDonald's Funded a $75M Q4 Value Push — and Quietly Raised the EVM Discount to 15%

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McDonald's Funded a $75M Q4 Value Push — and Quietly Raised the EVM Discount to 15%

Denny's Goes Private at $620M: The First Domino in 2026's Casual-Dining Reset

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Denny's Goes Private at $620M: The First Domino in 2026's Casual-Dining Reset

Mews Acquires DataChat to Seed an Agentic Hotel-AI Platform

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Mews Acquires DataChat to Seed an Agentic Hotel-AI Platform

Toast IQ Launches — a Conversational AI Assistant Across ~148,000 Locations

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Toast IQ Launches — a Conversational AI Assistant Across ~148,000 Locations

Q3 Dispatch: Chipotle's Traffic Problem, Starbucks' Turnaround, Brinker's Outlier Comps

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Q3 Dispatch: Chipotle's Traffic Problem, Starbucks' Turnaround, Brinker's Outlier Comps

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